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The Leiden Law School is looking for a

Student Assistant to assist the project Making up Migrants / Disabilities – 0,2fte / six months
Vacancy number: 15363

Are you excited to contribute to ongoing research on the making up of migrants / disabilities? Have you learned how to carry out a literature study? Then we are looking for you!

What you will do

As a Student Assistant, you will contribute to our explorative research project on the synergies between migration and disability studies. Concretely, you will be asked to assist in our literature review and the creation of an annotated bibliography. You will also be asked to assist in the organization of our events.

About the project

In Making up Migrants / Disabilities The pasts, presents, and futures of human classifying’ we come together as scholars and practitioners across disciplines to critically investigate the formal and informal processes by which people are made and remade as specific kinds of migrants/disabled people. Our aim is to denaturalize human-made classifications, to explore common grounds, and grow new projects, with the ultimate aim of contributing to both migrant and disability justice. In January 2025, we will host our first workshop. In the months thereafter, we will draw on insights gained there to develop an annotated bibliography, and literature study.

You

• Are a bachelors/masters student at Leiden, either in the social sciences, history, or law school.
• Well-organized, work pro-actively, and, if need be, independently.
• Have experience, or at least learned how to carry out a literature study.
• Are interested in questions of migrant and disability justice.
• Do you recognize yourself (partly) in this profile, then please apply.
  

Terms and Conditions
You can count on a fun socially relevant job within the world of education and research. The challenging and international working environment of the university is located a stone's throw from the lively city center of Leiden. We also pay attention - together with you - to health and vitality. From Healthy University we organize fun activities that contribute to this.

In addition, we offer you:

• An employment contract for the duration of 6 months. The agreement falls under the collective labour agreement for Dutch Universities;
• We offer a 0,2 fte position (7,6 hours per week) starting mid-January 2025. The salary ranges from € 2.922,- gross per month for a BA3 student to € 2.951,- gross per month for an MA student, based on fulltime employment, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
• Holiday allowance (8%), an end-of-year bonus (8.3%) and an attractive pension scheme with ABP;
• Flexible working hours: as standard, you have at least 29 vacation days with a full-time working week of 38 hours; you can also build up additional leave by, for example, working full-time 40 hours per week and thus building up 96 additional leave hours or by handing in 96 leave hours and working a 38-hour working week;
• Wide choice of secondary employment conditions; for example, it is negotiable to opt for a sabbatical or paid parental leave. Within our choice model employment conditions, days off and/or salary can be used for, for example, a favorable sports subscription, bicycle arrangement and there are possibilities for childcare ;
• If the work allows it, hybrid working within the Netherlands is possible;

You can read more about employment conditions here: https://www.universiteitleidingen.nl/werken-bij/sollicitatieProceedings-en- Arbeidsvoorwaarden

This is what we consider important
Fostering an inclusive community is central to the values and vision of Leiden University. Leiden University strives to be an inclusive community where all students and staff feel valued and respected and can develop to their full potential. Diversity of experiences and perspectives enriches our education and strengthens our research. High-quality education and research is inclusive. Given the scope of this project.

We strive to create a transparent, inclusive work environment together, in which everyone feels welcome and valued. Our organization is constantly evolving and your ideas for improvement and innovation will help us move forward. We would like to spend time with you on your personal development.

Apply or find out more?
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Would you like more information about the content of this function? Please contact Wiebe Ruijtenberg via w.d.ruijtenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl. Applications can be submitted until 7 January 2025.

In order to get to know each other well, we follow a number of steps in the application procedure. You can read more information here: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/werken-bij/sollicitatieprocedure-en-arbeidsvoorwaarden

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated. If you do send us CVs, no rights can be derived from them. #LI-Hybrid

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